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Ever regret posting a photo to Facebook? Not STFU-Parents-mock-you regret, I mean OMG, this may have ruined my life regret? Well, consider poor Lindsey Stone. She just might have sunk her whole professional and social life with one incredibly foolish photo.

It all started one day when Lindsay took an employee trip to Arlington National Cemetery (she works for LIFE, a nonprofit that houses adults with disabilities). She saw a sign requesting "Silence and Respect" and just couldn't resist poking a little fun at it. So she had a co-worker photograph her next to the sign, pretending to yell and flip the bird at the sign. And the rest, my friends, is tragic Internet history.

Of
course Lindsey posted the photo on Facebook because she thought her
friends would appreciate the joke. Instead she got a lot of outraged
comments. So she tried to difuse the situation by posting an
explanation.

Whoa whoa whoa... wait. This is just us, being the douchebags that we
are, challenging authority in general. Much like the pic posted the
night before, of me smoking right next to a no smoking sign. OBVIOUSLY
we meant NO disrespect to people that serve or have served our country.

And her friends were like, what do you mean, "us douchebags?!?" (Inching away from Lindsey like she just farted.) Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey. SIGH.

Her little "hey, I was just joking!" came too late. A former service-member grabbed the photo and started a "Fire Lindsey Stone" Facebook page.
The page has 7,521 "likes" as of this writing. Gulp. This morning a
representative of LIFE released a statement saying that Leslie and her
photographing colleague have been put on unpaid leave.

Now the question: Does Lindsey deserve to be fired over this?
Should this dumbfoundingly foolish act turn her life upside-down? I
don't think we know enough about Lindsey and the kind of work she did
for LIFE to pass that judgement. It's up to LIFE to make that decision
-- and they certainly wouldn't want to appear to be bending to the will
of people who know her only by this one incredibly stupid, ill-advised
photograph.

But let this be a lesson to you kids! Post shit like this and it
could bite you in the ass. The age of privacy is over. It's sad, but
true. But you know what? The people who most need this warning are the
foolish ones who come up with flipping-off-Arlington-Cemetery ideas in
the first place. I'd like to think someone out there is going to learn
something from this, but it'll happen again I'm sure.

If it was a joke and shes a joker than no. It was of course wrong of her, but if there was someone there to witness it i think the backlash she nas gotten from the public is her punishment. This will go on for a while more for her. It was a stupid prank.

If she really went on a yelling rampage than of course

If she really were actually yelling, im sure she wouldve been arrested or something. She wouldnt have gotten away with it, if it were true

No. I get that vets fight for freedom of speech, but is it only when they agree with what is being said. She has the right to post this picture without being fired for it. Westborough Baptist Church is the biggest bunch of douche bags, and they are protected by the first amendment as nauseating as they are....

There can be consequences for being a disrespectful idiot. Free speech is guaranteed-but only from the government and there are exceptions even then. In other words, the government cannot stop you from saying things but that doesn't mean your employer can't fire you for being a jerk. I would also ask why is it so important for this grown woman to make a point of disrespecting authority to the point she offends others? True adults accept that there are reasons for many rules and among them, is to show respect for those servicemen who've died in service of our freedoms. Her employer has every right to toss her butt out the door if he or she doesn't like her childish behavior. There is also nothing funny about making a point of disrespecting rules in a cemetary. Not funny and she deserves it.

Ironically, the people that she is disrespecting are the ones that fought and died for her right to do that. Fired for it, YES. There is such things as standards of conduct while on a work outing. If she did this on her own time, no. Sadly.

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